Summary:
The 38862 zip code is home to a single public middle school, Plantersville Middle School, which serves grades 5-8 with a total enrollment of 221 students. The school is part of the Lee County School District, which is ranked 65 out of 130 districts in Mississippi and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Plantersville Middle School is facing significant challenges in providing a high-quality education for its students. The school's test scores in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science are consistently lower than the district and state averages across all grade levels. For example, in 8th grade English Language Arts, only 13.2% of Plantersville Middle School students scored proficient or better, compared to 44% in the district and 41.7% statewide. The school's highest proficiency rate was in 5th grade Science at 43.1%, but this is still lower than the district and state averages.
Additionally, Plantersville Middle School has a concerning chronic absenteeism rate of 23.9%, which is higher than the state average. The school also serves a population with significant socioeconomic challenges, with 71.95% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch. While the school has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 8.9 to 1, which is generally considered a positive factor for student learning, this advantage does not appear to be translating into higher academic achievement based on the test score data.
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